Just posted my first rental on zillow and im a little alarmed. After doing careful market research and comparing to similar rentals around the area my realtor which has quite a few properties himself and I came up wit...

Then again, maybe that's the motivation needed to keep them from ruining your property.

Ask yourself what you would rather see when you look in the mirror: a person who collected "their money" at any cost, or someone who wished a cancer patient well as they embarked on the always hard, usually uncertain journey of starting cancer treatment.I know which choice would allow me to look myself in the mirror and still respect myself.

First, and foremost, none of the people on this site are toxicologists, however it is common knowledge that the surgeon general says that smoking causes lung cancer. 

Also if theirs leaks they're less likely to fix ruining the floor.   

My success on the $15k owed to me in damages and missed months was an email the length of a dissertation with a list of excuses including mold (nope, $800 of testing confirmed, they had a pet peeing on the carpet creating a bad smell) , _______'s cancer which came and went quickly, "having kids is hard", 1 of them starting college, and then an expected disappearance.

RE investing is mostly boring when it goes well, stressful as hell when sh*t starts going wrong, and can result in financial ruin if the investment sours because of the leverage involved. 

I only insure for catastrophes like cancer not colds and flu meaning I keep a $5000 deductible.

Another one I had was ;Had a mid 50’s tenant dying of cancer .in his final days he was in a good deal of pain .

I've seen every floor ruined by tenants.